Swim Stroke Enhancement

Campers should bring a bathing suit, towel, change of clothes, snack and filled water bottle each day. With the summer season winding down, this is a great opportunity to get a little more work in the water. It may be that there were some strokes that were not quite mastered, or you aren’t sure about swimming in the winter and want a bit more experience to help with the decision. This individualized camp will focus on stroke technique in a fun environment to help get swimmers excited about seasons to come. Limited to a maximum 1:6 coach-to-swimmer ratio, sessions will focus on stroke technique in the four competitive strokes. Swimmers should have experience swimming with a team, but do not need to be proficient in all four strokes. Instructors will work on deck and in the water with swimmers to help improve all areas of their swimming. Pick-up and drop-off for this camp will be at Luck Hall, located on Collegiate’s Lower School side of campus. Campers will be transported to and from CSAC in a Collegiate bus driven by Collegiate faculty. Mike Peters is the head varsity boys’ and girls’ swim coach at Collegiate. He has also served as the coach for Southampton Recreation Association for 15 years and coached for Poseidon Swimming and University of Richmond. In his competitive career, he was a National Qualifier distance freestyler and a High School AllAmerican. Coach Peters will be assisted by members and coaches of the Collegiate varsity swim team. Laure Ray is an assistant swim coach at Collegiate and has served as head coach, masters coach and swim instructor at the Newport News Family YMCA and the Tuckahoe YMCA in Richmond. As a USA Triathlon certified coach with Peluso Open Water and Endorphin Fitness, she has worked with youth and adult athletes to become proficient in the swim portion of the triathlon and other forms of competitive swimming. For more information, contact Mike Peters at Mike_Peters@collegiate.org..